Wevie Stonder

Wevie Stonder
Background information
Also known as	Wevie De Crepon
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Experimental Comedy
Years active	1993-present
Labels	Cack Records Skam Records Sonig
Website	www.weviestonder.com

Wevie Stonder /ˈwiːviː ˈstʌndər/ are a British group formed in Brighton in 1993. They have released 6 studio albums on Skam, Sonig and Cack Records. The band's name is a spoonerism of American R&B and soul musician Stevie Wonder.

History

Wevie Stonder first began making music in 1979 at the age of 6, by recording some chickens down an old army telephone onto a cassette recorder, accompanied by a 3 stringed acoustic guitar.

They regrouped in 1993 with an Amstrad Studio 100 4 track, Casio PT 82 and an electric bass to record a failed cover version of "I Just Called To Say I love You" and various other audio experiments, which were inserted into Brighton Music Library on side B of a Steve Reich cassette, complete with its own Dewey Decimal Number.

Their debut LP Eat Your Own Ears (whose name was later taken by the London-based promotions company) led them to release a series of records on the Skam and Sonig labels and perform at electronic music nights and festivals around the UK and Europe, creating some confusion in the electronic music world and a fad for spoonerised names.

Wevie Stonder have played over 70 European live shows and recorded sessions for BBC Radio 1 & 3, and continue to work on new music and art in many different guises.

Discography

On Skam Records

• Eat Your Own Ears (2000)
• Drawing on Other People's Heads (2002)
• Stoat (2002)
• Kenyan Harry EP (2003)
• The Wooden Horse of Troy (2005)

On Sonig (as Wevie De Crepon)

• The Age Old Age Of Old Age Mini LP (2003)
• Ton Wah 12 (2004)

On CACK Records

• The Bucket (2009)
• Small People / Shut the Gate (2009)
• The Beast Of Wevie (2017)

Remixes:

• The man with the Xylophone skull (2001) for Rubin Steiner
• King Holer (2002) for Fujiya & Miyagi
• Pushchairs for grown ups (2004) for Team Doyobi
• A buddha made of mud (2007) for Schlammpeitziger

Radio Sessions:

BBC Radio 3 - "Mixing it" hosted by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell, broadcast 2/6/06

BBC Radio 1 - "Breezeblock" Mary Anne Hobbs, broadcast 3/9/05

External links

• Official website
• Ton Wah